Mimecast commissioned Forrester Consulting to examine the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) global enterprises may realize by using Mimecastís Unified Email Management (UEM) solution. The purpose of this study is to provide readers with a framework to evaluate the potential financial impact of the full Mimecast UEM service on their organizations. Mimecast UEM is a suite of email security, archiving, and continuity services, which can also be purchased separately if required.

This white paper discusses the important issues related to email and Office 365 continuity and offers recommendations for decision makers to consider as they develop their continuity plans. The paper also provides a brief overview of Mimecast, the sponsor of this paper, as well as their relevant solutions.

In this video, Matt Cain, Vice President and lead e-mail analyst at Gartner, outlines some of the options available to CIOs, including running hybrid e-mail environments with tried and tested services delivered from the cloud but the Exchange server remaining onsite. Matt also discusses where Office 365 currently meets the needs of enterprise customers and where third-party services should be considered to augment its functionality in key areas.

You can't afford to ignore email archiving, security, internal policy or regulatory requirements, but can you afford to keep paying for it as multiple systems on top of your email system? When you add up the full price tag for your email environment, from server to soft ware to risk management and staff costs, it becomes clear why running everything in-house can mean you spend far more of your budget on maintenance than innovation.

Email is possibly today's most important business tool but its use also carries many risks. Scalable, secure archiving, email continuity, data leak prevention - not to mention the constant onslaught of spam and malware - are just some of the issues that IT professionals have to deal with on a daily basis.